The Veterans Memorial Medical Center (VMMC) in the Philippines recently received a $1.3 million MRI machine donated by the US Department of Veterans Affairs to provide improved healthcare services to veterans. The MRI machine allows for detailed imaging of organs and tissues that can detect medical issues like cancer earlier than other scanning methods. Veterans and their dependents can access MRI scans and other services free of cost at the VMMC, which was established in 1955 through joint efforts of the Philippine and US governments to care for Filipino WWII veterans.